York U secures $5.7M in SSHRC funding—multiple projects led by LA&PS researchers driving social impact through bold, interdisciplinary research. #YUResearch Learn more: bit.ly/45vZNMT

How to access financial supports for postsecondary students with disabilities theglobeandmail.com/life/parenting…

Announcement 📢 : We are pleased to announce that Dr. Kathryn McPherson has been appointed as interim dean of Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies at York University, effective September 1. Let’s celebrate together as Dr. McPherson steps into her new role! #YorkU #LAPS Read more: yorku.ca/yfile/2025/08/…

TIL that earwigs can fly because one flew into the ice tray of the fridge freezer.

This is for the people who think it’s okay to ban hiking on trails. My husband and I hike all the time - many trails, often difficult ones, sometimes easier ones, but we enjoy them all. Just this past weekend, we hiked the same trail at Fundy National Park twice because we loved

Sebastien Roy Kelden Formosa 🍁 Spraying glyphosate over forests to ensure a “monocrop” of conifers creating a LOT of wildfire fuel in the form of dead deciduous brush is not good forest practice. I work in forestry in BC and we do the same BS here. saltwire.com/nova-scotia/st…

This is an existential crisis for Zoomers and even young Millennials, and yet I see almost zero elected officials talking about it. They don’t even acknowledge this crisis exists except in passing as an insult: “We’re gonna stick it to the 29 year old living in his mother’s

#YorkU Prof Eric Kennedy's project, Understanding and Improving Wildfire Mitigation Partnerships with Local Governments, one of 30 to receive Natural Resources funding today | Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Eric Kennedy is ericbkennedy.bsky.social

Analysis of US college syllabi by the Open Syllabus project shows that bell hooks is assigned more than Aristotle, Judith Butler more than Plato, Edward Said more than than Kant, and Foucault more than everybody. (Thanks to Jon Shields for these comparisons.)

#BREAKING: Remote work for Ontario Public Service workers to end in 2026: government. ctvnews.ca/toronto/articl…

Op-Ed from the Globe - it’s easy (and draconian) for governments to ban people from the woods, less so to do the hard work of forest management: “Provincial forest bans miss the point” theglobeandmail.com/gift/69db326f9…

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Learn more about the new narrative-style tri-agency CV format, including tips and tricks to help you navigate the CV. Watch the YouTube webinar: youtu.be/xeAk9Co8D2M?hs…

#AirCanada returns to bargaining table after it realizes government’s attempt to ban strikes isn’t working. Tentative deal reached. Who could have predicted that parties would bargain seriously if strike/lockout threat is real? thestar.com/business/fligh…

Toronto Star All things being equal, and granting we need more information, my position is this: if a person breaks into your house in the middle of the night, and is armed, shooting or stabbing them is ENTIRELY reasonable, and should not result in criminal charges.

Forget the fake outrage over the Kits Pool nothing-burger. There are actual, absurd restrictions on using Vancouver pools: At the Kensington Community Centre pool, a mom was told that she was not allowed to teach her own daughter how to swim. vancouversun.com/news/vancouver…

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In our most recent competition, O Tempora, we challenged readers to pose as famous Romans and argue both for and against the advent of AI. Here is the splendid crop of winning entries, in Latin and English. Myriad congratulations to all the victors: antigonejournal.com/2025/08/o-temp…

How this northern Ontario church puts reconciliation on display tvo.org/article/how-th… #religion #catholic #INDIGENOUS #manitoulin manitoulin Manitoulin Expositor Manitoulin Media Manitoulin Island manitoulin